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Abdomen whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous ; anterior 
tibie and tarsi reddish. Forewings moderate, costa moderately 
arched, apex obtuse, hindmargin oblique; pale pinkish-grey ; 
markings jet-black ; a discal dot before middle, a second beyond 
middle, a third on fold obliquely beyond first ; a row of dots from 
costa before middle obliquely outwards, sharply bent in disc at 
five-sixths, and continued to hindmargin before anal angle; a 
very variable number of dots or scattered black scales in disc ; a 
row of black dots along apical third of costa and hindmargin 
to anal angle; cilia pale-pinkish-grey. Hindwings whitish, apex 
and hindmargin sometimes pale-fuscous ; cilia whitish, at apex 
pale-fuscous. 
Brisbane ; five specimens. 
HopPuirica PORPHYRASPIS, %. Sp. 
Male and female, 19-25 mm. Head, face, thorax, palpi, and 
antenne whitish-grey. Abdomen ochreous-fuscous, beneath 
whitish-ochreous. Legs whitish-ochreous ; anterior tarsi barred 
with fuscous. Forewings moderate, not dilated; costa geutly 
arched, apex obtusely rounded, hindmargin oblique; whitish- 
grey, irregularly suffused with dark-fuscous scales ; basal one- 
third of costa, apex, and upper half of hindmargin dark-fuscous ; 
a very large semicircular purplish-fuscous blotch extending on 
inner-margin from one-fifth nearly to anal angle reaching two- 
thirds across disc, its anterior margin rounded, its posterior 
margin straighter, more oblique, and acutely angled just above 
anal angle; two small purplish-fuscous dots in disc posterior to 
summit of dorsal blotch; posterior portion of disc more or 
less suffused with fuscous, with a paler line first oblique, then 
parallel to hindmargin, faintly indicated ; cilia fuscous with a 
paler basal line, paler at anal angle. Hindwings pale-ochreous, 
apex suffused with fuscous ; cilia pale-ochreous, at apex fuscous. 
The large dorsal blotch recalls H. colonias, Meyr. Brisbane; 
five specimens. 
HopuiticA PYRRHELLA, 7. sp. 
Male and female, 13-19 mm. Head and face yellowish, w en a 
red dot neneath base of each antenna. Palpi yellowish, second joint 
with a subapical fuscous ring, a broad median band of terminal joint 
fuscous. Antenne yellowish, annulated withdark-fuscous. Thorax, 
anterior half crimson-red, edged with fuscous anteriorly; posterior 
half clear yellow, shoulders clear yellow, edged with red 
externally. Abdomen dark-fuscous, tuft ochreous; inferiorly 
ochreous-fuscous. Legs ochreous ; tibia and first tarsal joints of 
anterior and middle pair with subapical fuscous annulations, 
Forewings elongate, costa moderately arched, apex round 
pointed, hindmargin very obliquely rounded; crimson-red 
